Before heading into bleak, slushy winter, Mother Nature shows us one final blast of finery. There’s nothing like a crisp Autumn day to put one in a cheerful mood, and even better if there are great activities and eats to go along with it. Leave it to our very own Stamford Museum and Nature Center to help us “celebrate fall’s bounty” with a Harvest Festival on Sunday October 18th from 11am to 4pm. A nice mix of activities are included free with admission, including crafts, games, storytelling, Bounce House, Parades, Hay Bale Maze, Face Paining popcorn. There’s also plenty on sale – such as cauldron-cooked-corn-on-the-cob, cotton candy, apple cider, donuts – all those carry-along foods that, in our primitive brains, belong to Autumn alone. And, of course, there’s a Pick-You-Own Pumpkin patch, which, in this neck of the woods is as much a tradition as apple-picking or starting school.
Let me plug the great benefits of being a SM&NC Member here. For just $80 per year, your whole family can enjoy free admission and half price admission on Festival days. This is no small thing. I raised my kids at the newly built Nature Center Playground – it was our daily stop on the way home from preschool. And I must have hundreds of pictures of them giving the free range chickens and peacocks their daily workout. I kept my SM&NC Membership Card in my car’s visor – ever at the ready – for years and years. My kids are grown, but I get a wistful feeling every time I drive by the waterfall entrance.
